The Walkers crisps are among the most popular (if they aren’t the most popular) crisps in the United Kingdom, which naturally would lead a lot of vegans in the UK to question whether or not they can eat them.
While there is a lot of vegan-friendly Walkers, you’ll also find flavor profiles that are not. Some flavors, unfortunately, contain meat or milk-derivatives, which may not always be obvious at a first glance.
Here is a table to show you which flavors are vegan, and which ones aren’t:
| Walkers Flavors: | Status: |
| Ready Salted | Vegan |
| Cheese & Onion | Not Vegan |
| Salt & Vinegar | Vegan |
| Prawn Cocktail | Vegan |
| Beef & Onion | Not Vegan |
| Marmite | Vegan |
| Roast Chicken | Vegan |
| Smoky Bacon | Not Vegan |
| Worcester Sauce | Vegan |
| Pickled Onion | Vegan |
| Tomato Ketchup | Not Vegan |
| BBQ Pulled Pork | Not Vegan |
| Salt & Shake | Vegan |
| Spicy Sriracha | Not Vegan |
In this article, I’ll list out the ingredients in each specific flavor, so that you can better identify why some Walkers are vegan, while others are not.
Vegan Walker Crisps
Walker Crisps Ready Salted
The Ready Salted flavor by Walkers are incredibly crispy and 100% vegan.
The ingredients are the following:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- and Cheshire salt.
Since they are cooked with sunseed oil, they’re naturally lower in saturates; additionally, they’re free from artificial colors or preservatives, and MSG.
Walkers Salt & Vinegar Crisps
A lot of salt & vinegar-flavored crisps are typically not vegan, but this formula by Walkers doesn’t have any animal ingredients.
The ingredients are the following:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Flavoring
- Dried Vinegar
- Salt
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Sugar
- Potassium Chloride
- Yeast Extract.
Walkers Roast Chicken Crisps
Its ingredients are the following:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Glucose
- Salt
- Dried Yeast
- Dried Garlic
- Dried Onion
- Potassium Chloride
- Parsley
- Flavoring
- Colour (Paprika Extract).
Even though they taste like chicken, this flavor is 100% vegan according to Walkers.
Walkers Prawn Cocktail Crisps
Usually, anything prawn-flavored would lead anyone to think that a small aquatic crustacean was used to create the flavoring, but not in this case. These prawn cocktail Walkers are vegan.
Here are the ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Flavoring
- Sugar
- Glucose
- Salt
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Potassium Chloride
- Dried Yeast
- Dried Onion
- Tomato Extract
- Colour (Paprika Extract)
- Sweetener (Sucralose).
Walkers Marmite Crisps
If you love Marmite, you’ll love these marmite-flavored Walkers.
This variety contains the following ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Flavoring
- Salt
- Sugar
- Rice Flour
- Potato Starch
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Yeast Extract (contains Barley)
- Vegetable Juice Concentrate
- Thiamin
- Riboflavin
- Niacin
- Vitamin B12
- Folic acid
- Natural Flavoring (contains Celery).
Walkers Worcester Sauce Crisps
Worcester or Worcestershire sauce is a fermented liquid created in the city of Worcester, and it’s typically made from a base of vinegar with anchovies, molasses, tamarind, onion, garlic, and other seasonings.
While anchovies are not vegan (as it’s fish), the Worcester sauce seasoning included in these Walkers is not made using anchovies.
The Worcester Walkers contain the following ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Wheat Breadcrumbs
- Flavoring
- Salt
- Sugar
- Barley
- Malt Vinegar
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Dried Onion
- Dried Garlic
- Fructose
- Cardamom
- Ground Black Pepper
- Ginger
- Clove
- Cocoa Powder
- Colour (Paprika Extract).
We’ve contacted the company and we found out that these crisps are 100% vegan.
Walkers Pickled Onion Crisps
Walkers pickled onion-flavored crips contain the following ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Flavoring
- Dried Vinegar
- Dried Onion
- Salt
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Sugar
- Potassium Chloride
- Dried Mustard.
Apart from dijon and honey mustard, regular mustard is usually vegan, which is what the Walkers contain, making them suitable for vegans as well.
Walkers Salt & Shake Crisp
These Walkers are unique as they come with a satchel of salt you can add to the crisps in the quantity you desire.
Its ingredients are the following:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Salt (in sachet)
A simple, vegan recipe that doesn’t provide room for misinterpretations.
Non-Vegan Walker Crisps
Walkers Cheese & Onion Crisps
The cheese and onion-flavored Walkers are not vegan, as they contain milk derivatives.
Here is a list of the ingredients used to make this product:
- Potatoes
- Vegetable Oils
- Dried Onion
- Salt
- Dried Milk Whey
- Lactose
- Sugar
- Flavoring (not vegan)
- Cheese Powder
- Dried Yeast
- Dried Garlic
- Acids (Citric acid, Malic acid)
- Colors (Annatto, Paprika extract).
Normally, every cheese-flavored crisps or chips contain milk derivatives, so it’s nothing new.
Walkers Beef & Onion Crisps
Needless to say, the beef & onion-flavored Walker are not vegan.
Its ingredients are the following:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Dried Milk Lactose
- Flavorings (not vegan)
- Salt
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Colour (Paprika Extract).
Walkers Smoky Bacon Crisps
While bacon-flavored, these Walkers do not contain any meat derivative.
Still, this variety is only suitable for vegetarians, as it contains the following ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Dried Milk Lactose
- Salt
- Sugar
- Flavoring
- Hydrolysed SoyaProtein
- Acids (Citric Acid, Malic Acid)
- Smoke Flavoring
- Colors (Paprika Extract, Sulphite Ammonia Caramel).
Walkers Tomato Ketchup Crisps
While tomato ketchup-flavored crips and chips are typically vegan, surprisingly, with these Walkers that is not the case. Unfortunately, this recipe contains milk derivatives.
Here are its ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Sugar
- Flavoring
- Dried Milk Whey
- Salt
- Acid (Citric Acid)
- Colour (Paprika Extract)
- Tomato Extract.
Walkers BBQ Pulled Pork Crisps
Unfortunately, this flavor contains meat derivatives, namely from pork.
These BBQ Pulled Pork-flavored Walkers contain the following ingredients:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Sugar
- Salt
- Fructose
- Flavorings
- Spices
- Pork Powder
- Smoke Flavoring
- Colour (Paprika extract).
Walkers Spicy Sriracha Crisps
It’s unfortunate that the spicy sriracha-flavored Walkers are not vegan, since I love me some spicy crisps, but there are other alternatives out there, namely the sweet & spicy-flavored Doritos.
Here are the ingredients present in the spicy sriracha-flavored Walkers:
- Potatoes
- Sunflower Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Sugar
- Salt
- Acid (Sodium Diacetate, Citric Acid)
- Garlic Powder
- Rice Flour
- Flavorings
- Sour Cream Powder
- Potassium Chloride
- Hydrolysed SoyaProtein
- Colour (Paprika extract)
- Paprika
- Hot Sauce powder
Summary
Fortunately, among the 14 different Walkers crisps, we have 8 vegan flavors and 6 non-vegan flavors.
If you want to find more about different chips or crisps, feel free to read these blog posts I’ve written about Ruffles, Doritos, or Lays.
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